Part 3A: What significant information did I learn about these interviews?
From these interviews I learned of the many interesting ways that people kept business coming in during the Great Depression. During these times, people had very little money to spend, and Clyde "Kingfish" Smith got creative and started singing songs to advertise his low fish prices. When he sang, it drew in his customers because they were so surprised to hear that his fish was only five cents a pound. I also learned that many people would have to go against their beliefs just to survive in the economy. For example, I read about Bernice, a woman who to New York City thinking that rent parties were horrible and tacky; but when her husband left her and she had no job, she had no choice but to begin renting out rooms and holding parties on Saturday nights so she could support herself. The Great Depression was a time of sacrifice for survival.
Part 3B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Jim Lewis
2. What is his title or position? turpentine worker
3. What is his race, gender, and age? Negro male, 38
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Padgett's Switch, Mobile, Alabama
5. What is the date of the interview? November 4, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Mary Gilchrist Powell
2. What is his title or position? welfare worker, teacher,writer,musician, WPA supervisor
3. What is his race, gender, and age? White female, 27
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Lowndes County, Ala. (Lowndesboro, Alabama)
5. What is the date of the interview? March 20, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? Marie Reese
I read the interviews of Jim Lewis and Mary Gilchrist Powell. Both of these people were employed human beings that lived in Alabama during the Great Depression. Other than the former statement, there is not much more is similar about these two individuals. Jim was a 38 year old Negro male while Mary was a 27 year old White female. I also believe that their occupations show their different gender situations; Jim works one job is paid an average salary, however, Mary must hold over three or four jobs just to meet Jim's weekly income. This shows that women/children were paid far less than men were for completing the same, if not more, labor. These two interviews definitely showed the struggle to survive in 30s and 40s; not only the struggle to support yourself financially, but also the struggle to keep your labor from killing you.
From these interviews I learned of the many interesting ways that people kept business coming in during the Great Depression. During these times, people had very little money to spend, and Clyde "Kingfish" Smith got creative and started singing songs to advertise his low fish prices. When he sang, it drew in his customers because they were so surprised to hear that his fish was only five cents a pound. I also learned that many people would have to go against their beliefs just to survive in the economy. For example, I read about Bernice, a woman who to New York City thinking that rent parties were horrible and tacky; but when her husband left her and she had no job, she had no choice but to begin renting out rooms and holding parties on Saturday nights so she could support herself. The Great Depression was a time of sacrifice for survival.
Part 3B:
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Jim Lewis
2. What is his title or position? turpentine worker
3. What is his race, gender, and age? Negro male, 38
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Padgett's Switch, Mobile, Alabama
5. What is the date of the interview? November 4, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? Helen S. Hartley
1. Who is the person being interviewed? Mary Gilchrist Powell
2. What is his title or position? welfare worker, teacher,writer,musician, WPA supervisor
3. What is his race, gender, and age? White female, 27
4. Where is the Interview taking place? Lowndes County, Ala. (Lowndesboro, Alabama)
5. What is the date of the interview? March 20, 1938
6. Who is the interviewer? Marie Reese
I read the interviews of Jim Lewis and Mary Gilchrist Powell. Both of these people were employed human beings that lived in Alabama during the Great Depression. Other than the former statement, there is not much more is similar about these two individuals. Jim was a 38 year old Negro male while Mary was a 27 year old White female. I also believe that their occupations show their different gender situations; Jim works one job is paid an average salary, however, Mary must hold over three or four jobs just to meet Jim's weekly income. This shows that women/children were paid far less than men were for completing the same, if not more, labor. These two interviews definitely showed the struggle to survive in 30s and 40s; not only the struggle to support yourself financially, but also the struggle to keep your labor from killing you.